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Pooled investment vehicles could boost renewables - CPI
08 March 2013The creation of large, publicly traded, pooled investment vehicles is among the measures that could encourage pension funds and insurers to ramp up allocations to renewables, a new report claims.
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Mind the risk gap
07 March 2013Renewables projects are struggling to get off the ground because investors fear they are too risky. What can be done to make them a safer bet, and what role should the public sector play, asks Gianleo Frisari
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Investors should look to low-carbon projects, says IFC Treasurer
07 March 2013Investors in green bonds could get better risk-adjusted returns by investing directly in underlying low-carbon projects, according to the treasurer of the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
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EFET launches standard contract for wood pellet trade
07 March 2013A standard contract for wood pellets has been launched in Europe in a move to establish a traded market, but traders say demand is currently too low for activity to rise substantially.
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AB InBev environmental efforts yield $500m
07 March 2013Anheuser-Busch InBev generated additional revenues of $420 million from recycling waste streams and saved $92 million from more efficient energy and water use since 2009, the brewing giant has claimed.
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After 25 years, where to now?
07 March 2013Despite a quarter of a century of growing concern about global warming, optimism among climate change professionals in finance, business and policy has perhaps never been lower. At a junction in his career, veteran Mark Trexler takes the pulse of his network, and asks, where do we go from here?
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Veteran environmental broker launches carbon, REC company
06 March 2013A veteran of a leading environmental markets brokerage has struck out on his own to establish a financial services company focusing on renewable energy credits (RECs) and US carbon markets.
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Bond to the rescue?
06 March 2013With renewables struggling to attract investment, could tapping into the $3 trillion covered bonds market help the cash to flow? Sean Kidney investigates
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Coal leaves renewables behind in energy race - WEF
06 March 2013Coal has grown 10 times more quickly than renewables since the beginning of the millennium in terms of energy generation, according to a new report, which predicts further strong growth of fossil fuels.
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Obama confirms McCarthy as EPA nominee
06 March 2013US president Barack Obama has confirmed that he is nominating Gina McCarthy to head the country's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).